Ironically, Murdoch was tweeting from his own holiday on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy.

Not everyone was sure Twitter users would see the humor in Murdoch's tweet — he isn't exactly the most popular person in the UK right now after all. An account that purports to be his wife Wendi Deng (@Wendi_Deng) then tweeted at Murdoch ''RUPERT!! delete tweet!!'' before tweeting ''EVERY1 @rupertmurdoch was only having a joke pROMSIE [sic] !!!''